Older Brother coined this phrase–recently, he’s added “and books” after “butter”, which just delights my soul–and loves to declare it with gusto at every opportunity. Of which there are many, as we love bacon, butter and all things cooked with said animal fats.

Here’s my favorite, time-saving, virtually mess-free method of cooking bacon. It (usually) keeps my baking sheets clean, and provides plenty of yummy drippings for later use. It also keeps my stove top clean, free from grease splatters. It saves time– I can place all the bacon in the oven at once, without having to stand at the stove tending batches of bacon.

This method also produces perfectly crisp bacon, which is how I like it. You can shorten the cooking time if you like softer bacon.

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

This oatmeal is a staple at our Yankee Homestead. I like to make a big batch and refrigerate the leftovers for reheating all week long. The recipe below lasts our family of four for about a week, give or take a day or two.

It travels well, is easy to reheat and really sticks to the ribs.Our entire family loves it, which scores major points with me. I wish I could eat eggs for breakfast, but since I can’t, I’m thankful to have this oatmeal recipe.

Note: I started with Sally Fallon’s recipe, tweaking it along the way with Kelly’s recipe, and adding in extra goodies that appeal to my family. This is a very flexible recipe, so have fun experimenting with various add-in’s and extra ingredients.

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

After much experimenting with many pancake recipes, we finally landed on this one.

Almond flour adds protein and the flax/chia combo adds nutrition. (Pastured eggs are great, too, if you can have them.)

This Large Batch makes approximately 60 pancakes, which keep well in the fridge or can be frozen for future use. (This is time-consuming, so be sure to designate a block of time for your Large Batch of GEDS Pancakes). Read More

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

This is our basic recipe for soaked oatmeal, which can be multiplied to your heart’s content. I typically use about 6 cups dry oats at a time, which lasts several days for our family of five. Read More

Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page

Hi, I'm Kathleen! Married to a native Texan, I'm a country-living, homeschooling, work-at-home mom of three energetic boys with a passion to educate and empower women to make over their family's health. Want to get healthy, but don't know where to start? Come along and join our journey...your real-life healthy living starts here!